Lindenhurst Police Jail

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The Lindenhurst Police Jail is located at 2300 East Grand Avenue in Lindenhurst, IL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Lindenhurst Police Department.

This page will tell you information about anything a person needs to know about the Lindenhurst Police Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Lindenhurst Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, court information, and much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give information and advice you need to make getting locked up less stressfull. If you have questions, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and also any tips or comments that would help others will be much appreciated.

Lindenhurst Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Lindenhurst Police Jail Inmate Search has information about people who have been arrested and are in jail, which includes status, and schedule for visitation. You can also find information about anyone arrested and processed or released within the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by their last name. You can find the information quicker if you have your friend or family member’s first and last name, birth date, or arrest number.

Lindenhurst Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Lindenhurst Police Jail is made up of the following steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

You will have to answer a number of questions, such as your full name, street address, birth date and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask about your medical and mental history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will be allowed to use the telephone to talk to a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you think you will get released quickly, they will let you wear your street clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged from jail may take between 30 minutes to many hours. So, the faster you post bail, the faster you will get discharged. Also, how fast you get released will depend on whether you’ve got a cash bond or if the magistrate still needs to decide on how much to set your bail at. For minor offenses, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served your sentence and know the discharge date, you should plan to get released in the morning.

Lindenhurst Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Lindenhurst Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitors will be put in the visitation log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each and every visitor has to provide acceptable photo identification. Visitors arriving late or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Lindenhurst Police Jail change often, so call the facility at 847-356-5400 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Lindenhurst Police Jail you have to first have your name on the inmate’s visitation list.

Be sure to bring your up to date government issued ID or driver’s license when you go to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No phones at Lindenhurst Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons currently on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Such visitation is not approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is a family member of the inmate, they will have to be accompanied by an adult family member or guardian to include a member of the inmate’s extended family. If a visitor is under the age of 18 and is not a family member of the inmate, the minor visitor must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Sending Mail to Inmates

This is what you need to know in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Lindenhurst Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Lindenhurst Police Jail is always searched and inspected for contraband that might threaten the security, safety or well-being of the facility, its staff, and inmates. Inmates can only receive metered, unstamped, plain white postcards no larger than 4″ x 6″ as mail. The writing on the postcard has to be in pencil or blue or black ink. If it has a stamp on it, it will get returned. If you write in green ink, then it will get returned. If you send any other kind of mail will be returned to the sender. If there is no return address on it, then the unauthorized mail will be stored in the inmate’s locker until the inmate gets release.

Do not include any of these things in the mail that you send to an inmate: any kind of threat to jail order, any description of the manufacture of weapons, bombs, incendiary devices, or tools for escape; do not encourage or advocate any kind of violence, hate speech, or racial or ethnic supremacy. Inmates are not allowed to write to other inmates.

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Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Lindenhurst Police Jail. This includes sending money for to spend in the commissary, sending regular mail or photos, sending money for phone calls, and even postcards.

This page covers everthing you need to know about the Lindenhurst Police Jail to help you follow these procedures and guidelines. If you have questions, or there is something that you were looking for, but did not find, please contact us using the contact link in the site menu.

Public Records

Warrant Inquiry

If you have a warrant out for your arrest, you are able to check the arrest warrants inquiry on the website or you can call the court. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask the officer in charge. Keep in mind that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, as well as their arrest date, contact the jail, by phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Arrest records are in the public record and this is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. Court Records include a court case file that includes a docket and all of the documents filed in your court case. You are able to access the court records online, or at Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of a person’s criminal history. These state databases are all linked so you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. Go to the Lake County Courthouse and check in person, or check online. It helps to know the county, and if it was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

A criminal history search you will be able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for driving under the influence (DUI), drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to Lindenhurst Police Jail inmates can change at any time, so you should review the Lindenhurst Police Jail website when send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Lindenhurst Police Jail

You will have your own ‘bank account’ while in jail. This money is used to purchase items from the Commissary. Family and friends can deposit money into this account for you, and any money you earn while in prison will also be deposited into your account. Outside money can be paid in to your account via a money order, cash or check. If someone sends a check or money order, make sure that they write your inmate ID on it. The maximum amount you are allowed in your account is $290 per month.

Guidelines For Sending Money To An Inmate

Before you send any money you should find out what online money transfer companies the jail your inmate is incarcerated in uses. The exact method that the Lindenhurst Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 847-356-5400 to get the current payment method.

You may be required to be on the inmate’s visitation list in order to send them money, and be aware that they may have a limit on how much you deposit at one time, like $200-300 at a time, or a limit on how much money may be in the inmate’s account at one time.

Some of the money transfer firms being used by various facilities include JPay, MoneyGram, AccessCorrections, OffenderConnect, Touchpayonline, JailATM, WU, smartdeposit, and tigercommissary.

If an inmate has fines or are required to pay restitution then they will be subject to garnishment of their commissary/trust account. If the inmate has a garnishment, then money to pay them will be taken from the inmate’s bank account. In some cases it may be a percentage or the entire amount of the obligation, but the actual percentage depends on the circumstances. We recommend that inmates talk to the counselor at their facility and try to find out. You can also try to make an arrangement so that only a percentage of your commissary funds are taken, instead of all your funds take at one time.

Commissary

The commissary is the Lindenhurst Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase a number of things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will most likely want to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can buy if they have enough money in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to hygiene products such as soap, shampoo, and disposable razors for shaving. The commissary also sells other things like books and magazines, televisions and radios, playing cards, headphones, MP3 players, and electronic tablets. They also sell everything need to write home to family, friends, and loved ones: paper, envelopes, and stamps. If an inmate is indigent and cannot afford paper and stamps, the jail will provide these things to an inmate who has not had any money in their commissary account for at least 30 days.

Phone Calls & Phone Usage Policy

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Lindenhurst Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are a lot more costly than phone calls made at home. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when and how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you are disciplined for an infraction, an inmate’s ability to use the phone might get cut back or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

Phone Number: 847-356-5400

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from all of the inmate phone calls are shared with the facility, so there is no incentive for the jail or the counselors at the facility to show inmates or their family how to save money on inmate phone calls at the Lindenhurst Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These three factors will determine the cost of an inmate phone call: Where you are located; Where your inmate is located, What type of phone number you have.

For example, if your inmate is in federal prison, if you get a new local number then this will decrease your inmate’s phone call rate from $.21 per minute to only $.06 per minute.

For the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails figuring out how to lower your inmates phone charges is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com keeps up to date with all of the changes that affect your inmate’s calling rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you a lot of money on inmate phone calls. In some cases, we will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail or prison has set their inmate calling prices in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

For more detailed information on how to save on inmate calls at Lindenhurst Police Jail, click the link below.

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